diff --git a/ports/py-lazy-loader/portfile.cmake b/ports/py-lazy-loader/portfile.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb9c2f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/py-lazy-loader/portfile.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+set(VCPKG_BUILD_TYPE release)
+
+vcpkg_from_pythonhosted(
+    OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
+    PACKAGE_NAME    "lazy-loader"
+    VERSION         ${VERSION}
+    SHA512          29e3589929869351ea62cf7cbba86b581bd7935918b54cfd5ac107cbf7cc427d6d4e050ec1f9bef084587e55286d7afa31d5cdb6deb7d072d25493d19d6bbce6
+    FILENAME        lazy_loader
+)
+
+vcpkg_python_build_and_install_wheel(SOURCE_PATH "${SOURCE_PATH}")
+
+vcpkg_install_copyright(FILE_LIST "${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE.md")
+
+vcpkg_python_test_import(MODULE "lazy_loader")
+
+set(VCPKG_POLICY_EMPTY_INCLUDE_FOLDER enabled)
diff --git a/ports/py-lazy-loader/vcpkg.json b/ports/py-lazy-loader/vcpkg.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a8cdb01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/py-lazy-loader/vcpkg.json
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+  "name": "py-lazy-loader",
+  "version": "0.4",
+  "description": "Makes it easy to load subpackages and functions on demand.",
+  "homepage": "https://scientific-python.org/specs/spec-0001/",
+  "dependencies": [
+    "py-packaging",
+    {
+      "name": "py-setuptools",
+      "host": true
+    },
+    "python3",
+    {
+      "name": "vcpkg-python-scripts",
+      "host": true
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/ports/py-pysal/vcpkg.json b/ports/py-pysal/vcpkg.json
index 0a582ed..4d5c747 100644
--- a/ports/py-pysal/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/py-pysal/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 {
   "name": "py-pysal",
   "version": "26.1",
+  "port-version": 1,
   "description": "Python Spatial Analysis Library - meta-package for the PySAL ecosystem.",
   "homepage": "https://pysal.org/",
   "dependencies": [
+    "py-lazy-loader",
     {
       "name": "py-setuptools",
       "host": true
diff --git a/ports/py-scipy/portfile.cmake b/ports/py-scipy/portfile.cmake
index 3bbd669..ed9e8b7 100644
--- a/ports/py-scipy/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/py-scipy/portfile.cmake
@@ -13,6 +13,31 @@ endif()
 cmake_path(GET VCPKG_CYTHON PARENT_PATH CYTHON_DIR)
 vcpkg_add_to_path("${CYTHON_DIR}")
 
+set(z_vcpkg_python_func_python ${PYTHON3})
+
+# Scipy depends on NumPy's command-line f2py utility, but
+# the open-vcpkg py-numpy port doesn't install it. Here, we
+# create it from scratch based on the one pip/PyPi installs.
+# At present, it is a unix-like only solution.
+
+# TODO: figure out how pip creates/installs this
+if(NOT VCPKG_HOST_IS_WINDOWS)
+  file(WRITE "${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/tmp/f2py"
+  "\
+#!/bin/sh\n\
+'''exec' ${PYTHON3} \"$0\" \"$@\"\n\
+' '''\n\
+import sys\n\
+from numpy.f2py.f2py2e import main\n\
+if __name__ == '__main__':\n\
+    if sys.argv[0].endswith('.exe'):\n\
+        sys.argv[0] = sys.argv[0][:-4]\n\
+    sys.exit(main())\n\
+\n\
+"
+  )
+endif()
+
 vcpkg_from_pythonhosted(
     OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
     PACKAGE_NAME    scipy
@@ -20,6 +45,8 @@ vcpkg_from_pythonhosted(
     SHA512          299339cf7885ae6ad81bb29ab1a9128c1e7baef387e64e03a5ca784c14f08de1fe58c8d58b25c76c9068b09d8d97fc8b38d2e03922f0f8ada4e5d00910d56dae
 )
 
+vcpkg_replace_string("${SOURCE_PATH}/meson.build" "py3.dependency()" "dependency('python-3.${PYTHON3_VERSION_MINOR}', method : 'pkg-config')")
+
 vcpkg_mesonpy_prepare_build_options(OUTPUT meson_opts)
 
 z_vcpkg_setup_pkgconfig_path(CONFIG "RELEASE")
@@ -45,50 +72,34 @@ else()
   )
 endif()
 
-# Scipy depends on NumPy's command-line f2py utility, but
-# the open-vcpkg py-numpy port doesn't install it. Here, we
-# create it from scratch based on the one pip/PyPi installs.
-# At present, it is a unix-like only solution.
-
-# TODO: figure out how pip creates/installs this
-if(NOT VCPKG_HOST_IS_WINDOWS)
-  file(WRITE "${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/tmp/f2py"
-  "\
-#!/bin/sh\n\
-'''exec' ${PYTHON3} \"$0\" \"$@\"\n\
-' '''\n\
-import sys\n\
-from numpy.f2py.f2py2e import main\n\
-if __name__ == '__main__':\n\
-    if sys.argv[0].endswith('.exe'):\n\
-        sys.argv[0] = sys.argv[0][:-4]\n\
-    sys.exit(main())\n\
-\n\
-"
-  )
-endif()
 file(COPY "${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/tmp/f2py" DESTINATION ${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/numpy/bin FILE_PERMISSIONS OWNER_EXECUTE OWNER_WRITE OWNER_READ GROUP_EXECUTE GROUP_READ)
 file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/tmp")
 vcpkg_add_to_path("${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/numpy/bin")
 
-vcpkg_configure_meson(
-    SOURCE_PATH "${SOURCE_PATH}"
-    OPTIONS ${meson_opts}
-    ADDITIONAL_BINARIES
-      cython=['${VCPKG_CYTHON}']
-      python3=['${VCPKG_PYTHON3}']
+list(APPEND meson_opts  "--python.platlibdir" "${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/lib")
+list(JOIN meson_opts "\",\""  meson_opts)
+
+vcpkg_python_build_and_install_wheel(
+  SOURCE_PATH "${SOURCE_PATH}"
+  OPTIONS 
+    --config-json "{\"setup-args\" : [\"${meson_opts}\" ] }"
 )
 
-vcpkg_install_meson()
-vcpkg_fixup_pkgconfig()
+file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/wheels") # don't need to keep the wheel
+
+set(subdir "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/${PYTHON3_SITE}/")
+if(VCPKG_TARGET_IS_WINDOWS)
+  set(subdir "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib/site-packages/")
+endif()
+set(pyfile "${subdir}/scipy/__config__.py")
+file(READ "${pyfile}" contents)
+string(REPLACE "${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}" "$(prefix)" contents "${contents}")
+string(REPLACE "r\"${VCPKG_PYTHON3}\"" "sys.executable" contents "${contents}")
+file(WRITE "${pyfile}" "${contents}")
 
 file(GLOB licenses "${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE*")
 vcpkg_install_copyright(FILE_LIST ${licenses})
 
-# vcpkg_python_test_import uses z_vckpkg_python_func_python instead of PYTHON3
-# and somehow, that variable is getting set to the system python instead of the 
-# vcpkg-built python
-set(z_vcpkg_python_func_python ${PYTHON3})
 vcpkg_python_test_import(MODULE "scipy")
 
 # Add required Metadata for some python build plugins
diff --git a/ports/py-scipy/vcpkg.json b/ports/py-scipy/vcpkg.json
index cbc2255..a22d696 100644
--- a/ports/py-scipy/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/py-scipy/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "py-scipy",
   "version": "1.17.0",
+  "port-version": 1,
   "description": "Fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python",
   "homepage": "https://scipy.org/",
   "dependencies": [
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index e3bbcf5..2ee3209 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -188,6 +188,10 @@
       "baseline": "1.4.5",
       "port-version": 0
     },
+    "py-lazy-loader": {
+      "baseline": "0.4",
+      "port-version": 0
+    },
     "py-lxml": {
       "baseline": "6.0.2",
       "port-version": 2
@@ -322,7 +326,7 @@
     },
     "py-pysal": {
       "baseline": "26.1",
-      "port-version": 0
+      "port-version": 1
     },
     "py-pyspnego": {
       "baseline": "0.12.0",
@@ -374,7 +378,7 @@
     },
     "py-scipy": {
       "baseline": "1.17.0",
-      "port-version": 0
+      "port-version": 1
     },
     "py-semantic-version": {
       "baseline": "2.10.0",
diff --git a/versions/p-/py-lazy-loader.json b/versions/p-/py-lazy-loader.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..462f753
--- /dev/null
+++ b/versions/p-/py-lazy-loader.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "ec9268444c993f14d67d2ba298e342797aa8004d",
+      "version": "0.4",
+      "port-version": 0
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/versions/p-/py-pysal.json b/versions/p-/py-pysal.json
index 5ae865e..52ef27f 100644
--- a/versions/p-/py-pysal.json
+++ b/versions/p-/py-pysal.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "34ec0ba0e4600ba5333314463a3495e18810ed57",
+      "version": "26.1",
+      "port-version": 1
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "2d716c71491dc13a427e554fb88824fc2627d69e",
       "version": "26.1",
diff --git a/versions/p-/py-scipy.json b/versions/p-/py-scipy.json
index b6e16e5..a3d14c5 100644
--- a/versions/p-/py-scipy.json
+++ b/versions/p-/py-scipy.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "3ff048c0846f7d1e5c113407ab43fa45c97fa1dc",
+      "version": "1.17.0",
+      "port-version": 1
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "3742d07c9df93f25546ba4ebb99089f2dd01f92a",
       "version": "1.17.0",